Overview
Background
Dr Snehlata Kumari is a group leader and the head of the Skin Inflammation and Immunity Laboratory at the Frazer Institute, University of Queensland, in Brisbane, Australia. Her international career and academic training spanned Germany, India, and Australia. She is a board member of the Australasian Society for Dermatology Research (ASDR) and a councillor on the International Psoriasis Council.
She has discovered novel signalling mechanisms that regulate the balance between homeostasis and inflammation in the skin. These findings highlight new mechanisms by which inflammatory diseases are initiated and propagated via NF-κB, TNF, IL-20 family cytokines, and necroptotic and apoptotic signalling pathways. Her research work has been published in top-tier journals, including Nature (3x), Nature Communications, Cell Metabolism, and Immunity.
Her scientific contributions have received international recognitions and honours, including the German National Academy of Sciences, the German Research Foundation (DFG), the European Society for Dermatological Research, the Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology, and the Young Women Investigators Award from the International Cytokine and Interferon Society.
Overall aims and research focus
- Immunomodulatory mechanisms regulating inflammation and immunity.
- Cellular and cell-soluble factor interactions in inflammatory diseases, including Psoriasis, Hidradenitis Suppurative, and Atopic Dermatitis.
Availability
- Dr Snehlata Kumari is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor, Patna University
- Masters (Coursework), University of Pune
- Doctoral (Research) of Biological Sciences, University of Cologne
Research interests
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Inflammation and Immunity
Identifying new regulatory check points to help prevent skin inflammation
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Skin cancer
Development of novel therapeutics for melanoma and non-melanoma cancer
Works
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2010
Conference Publication
Systemic recruitment of myeloid cells upon deletion of IKK2 from epidermal keratinocytes
Kumari, Snehlata, Pasparakis, Manolis and Haase, Ingo (2010). Systemic recruitment of myeloid cells upon deletion of IKK2 from epidermal keratinocytes. 40th Annual Meeting of the European-Society-for-Dermatological-Research (ESDR 2010), Helsinki Finland, Sep 08-11, 2010. NEW YORK: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP.
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Snehlata Kumari is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Characterizing the role of ion channel kinase in skin homeostasis
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Fiona Simpson, Professor Kiarash Khosrotehrani
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Doctor Philosophy
NF-KB and Immune Diversity in Skin Inflammation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gabrielle Belz, Professor Kiarash Khosrotehrani
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Doctor Philosophy
Precision diagnostics for early melanoma detection using spatial biology and AI-guided image analysis.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Quan Nguyen, Professor Peter Soyer, Associate Professor Mitchell Stark
Completed supervision
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2026
Doctor Philosophy
The Immunomodulatory Role of Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns in Inflammatory Skin Conditions
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Graham Leggatt, Associate Professor James Wells
Media
Enquiries
Contact Dr Snehlata Kumari directly for media enquiries about:
- Atopic Dermatitis
- Cytokines
- Hidradenitis Suppurativa
- Inflammation
- Inflammatory Skin Diseases
- Psoriasis
- Signalling
- Skin Inflammation
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